Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The village board officially approved the events on Monday.
Two Plainfield summertime events got the nod on Monday. Both Cruise Nights and the Plainfield Farmers Market will return to downtown Plainfield this year. Cruise Nights will be back thanks to the Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce, which assumed responsibility for the event after previous organizer MainStreet Plainfield folded. The venue for classic car enthusiasts will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, June 4 to Sept. 3 along Lockport and DesPlaines streets. Meanwhile, the Plainfield Farmers Market is set to return to the southwest corner of Lockport Street and Route 59 on Saturdays from June 1 to Sept. 28. The weekly market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature locally grown produce. Organizer Susan Bostanche, owner of…
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Coordinator Susan Bostanche said vendors will rotate as new types of produce are in season.
Shoppers looking for fresh local produce will have some surprises in store at this year’s Plainfield Farmers Market, which kicks off Saturday at the corner of Lockport Street and Route 59. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 29. This year promises more produce, which will rotate as new items are in season, according to organizer Susan Bostanche, owner of Sunnyside Antiques. “The market’s going to be changing all the time,” she said, with fresh flowers coming in July and sweet corn and pumpkins by mid-July to August. This year will see a mix of both new and longtime vendors, said Bostanche. Shoppers can expect fresh fruits and vegetables from Peter Rubi Produce Market owner Brandon Graves. Bostanche will be…
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
About 30 percent of the fruits and vegetables sold will be organic, said owner Brandon Graves, whose new store will open in June.
Brandon Graves may be only 23, but he’s been selling produce long enough to think Plainfield can support a store that sells only fruits and vegetables. His theory will be tested in early June, when he opens the Peter Rubi Produce Market at 15412 S. Route 59, located next to Tischler’s Market. About 30 percent of what Graves sells will be organic, but that number will grow if there’s a demand, he said. “We’ll see how the Plainfield market responds to it,” Graves said. Residents have already shown they’re ready to embrace organic foods, as seen by the success of Amy’s Organics, a business in which organic produce, meat, ice cream and other items are sold from a van that owner Amy Ernst drives through Plainfield neighborhoods and parks at …
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A roundup of action taken Monday night by the Plainfield Village Board.
Flotsam and jetsam from Monday night's Plainfield Village Board meeting... FARMERS MARKET It's full steam ahead for the Plainfield Farmers Market, now that the board has signed off on a temporary use permit for the site at the southwest corner of Lockport Street and Route 59. But the approval did not come without a word of advice for organizer Susan Bostanche, who was urged to redouble her efforts to keep the weekly outdoor sale from looking like a flea market and to increase the number of produce vendors. Bostanche said she has more than 20 vendors lined up for 30 slots, but the problem is the seasonal nature of what's being sold. A farmer who sells sweet corn may only have enough to do six week's of the market, another farmer might be …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Organizer Dale Lewis says they have nearly twice as many applicants as they need, and expects to see a lot more produce this year.
The Plainfield Farmers Market returns June 16, and it will be a "buyers' market" for organizers, who will choose from among 50 vendors to fill 30 slots, co-founder Dale Lewis said. The market, which features all locally grown produce and homemade goods, is held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through the end of September at the southwest corner of Lockport Street and Route 59. If in year's past there have been complaints that not been enough vegetables and fruits were being sold, that won't be a problem in 2012, Lewis said. The market has grown exponentially every year, and now they have the luxury of picking and choosing which new vendors to allow to participate, he said. "We have a bunch of new vendors coming" Lewis said. "There's been a…
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
John Schultz makes his own bacon, sausage and other delicacies that routinely sell out every weekend at the Plainfield and Oswego farmers markets.
There’s no need to wait for Mr. Spanky’s Farm Fresh Artisan Foods to be in season. But you do need to get to the Plainfield Farmers Market early on a Saturday to buy his bacon, hummus or bread pudding before they sell out. “I sold out of everything this past weekend by 11 a.m.,” said John Schultz, 29, a Plainfield native nicknamed Spanky since age 8 because he resembled the “short and fat” Little Rascals character. “I sold 70 pounds of bacon, 30 pounds of breakfast sausage and 100 containers of hummus. I also made 50 dark chocolate-covered pretzel rods coated in bacon bits and sold out of them in an hour.” Already hooked on Mr. Spanky’s applewood smoked bacon or fire-roasted red pepper hummus or pineapple salsa? Don’t worry about where to …
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Organizer Susan Bonstanche promises there will be 40-some stands every Saturday, and that they'll all be staying from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The fourth annual downtown Plainfield Farmers Market opened for business Saturday on a beautiful sun-splashed morning, offering enough fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, breads, flowers, bird houses and lawn ornaments to satisfy any local resident's desires. It was a successful launch and one that market co-organizer Susan Bostanche said she hopes sends a strong message to all of their market patrons: “We’ll be here.” “The big problem that I had last year was vendors leaving early,” said Bostanche, who is also the curator of downtown's Sunny Side of the Street Antiques. “That will kill this market faster than anything. So that’s why this year we’re saying to everyone, ‘You can’t leave early. We can’t leave until one o’clock.’” So rest …
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Weekly Farmers Market starts Saturday morning and continues through October; "best season by far" organizer says.
Start your Saturday with a stroll amongst Mother Nature’s offerings and then have yourself a little pig-out. Uh, picnic. Fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices, breads and cheeses and even cured bacon will be among the offerings at the Plainfield Farmers Market. The fourth annual season opens Saturday and runs through October. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine, at the southwest corner of Lockport Street and Route 59. Parking is available on site. And road construction should be complete in coming weeks. “This will be the best season by far,” said Dale Lewis, a Plainfield restaurateur who started the market with Susan Bostanche, a farmer and fellow downtown business owner. “The market is getting …
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Ed Arter
1:20 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
We should now be able to grow garden fruits and vegtables at this corner instead of campaign signs. Counted 35+ signs in a 150' area--how about a limiting ordinance. Oh wait, how stupid of me,--the people who would create the ordinance are the same people, in large, who flooded the area with signs to begin with---never mind more ›